United States presidential election, 1800

The United States presidential election, 1800 was held from 31 October to 3 December 1800. The pro-France and pro-decentralization Democratic-Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson opposed the pro-British and pro-centralization Federalist Party of John Adams in a rematch of the 1796 presidential election. The Democratic-Republicans were well organized at the state and local levels, while the Federalists were decentralized and divided by arguments between their leaders John Adams and Alexander Hamilton. The two parties used smear campaigns and regionalism to attack each other, and key issues included the fallout from the French Revolution, opposition to higher taxes levied by the US Congress to fight the Quasi-War against France, and widespread opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts. Mismanagement of electoral votes led to Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr being tied for the Democratic-Republican presidential nomination; the system at the time meant that the man with the second-highest amount of his party's votes would be the vice-presidential nomination. The US House of Representatives elected Jefferson on the 36th ballot, and the election led to the Democratic-Republican Party's dominance in American politics and the destruction of the Federalist Party.

Results

 * Liberal dot.png Thomas Jefferson/Aaron Burr - 73 votes
 * Conservative dot.png John Adams/Charles Cotesworth Pinckney - 65 votes